Clothes-hanger cabinet



1. H. NELSON.

atented July 6, 1920.

CLOTHES HANGER CABINET.

APPLICATION ULEB A.UG.4. 1919.

LE-ml J OHN`HENRY NLSON, OF NEW CASTLE, EENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-HANGER CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1920.

Application filed August 4, 1919. Serial No. 315,254.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHNHENRY NELSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Castle, in the county of Lawrence and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Hanger Cabinets; andl do declare rthe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the arttowhich it appertains to make and use the same.

vThis invention relates to clothes-hangers, also to cabinets, and it relates more specifically to what might` be termed a clotheshanger cabinet.

One object of this invention is to generally improve upon devices of this character by providing an improved foldable clotheshanger that is exceedingly strong, durable, rigid and compact, consistent with lightness and low cost of manufacture, and in which the supporting levers are thoroughly protected from dust and are very efficiently supported by a series of superposed shelves which alternate with one or more superposedseries of supporting bars.

Other objects and advantages may become apparent to persons who read the following details of description in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a front view of a device constructed in accordance with the present invention, the door being omitted.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view, the section being taken between two of the shelves.

Fig. 3 is atransverse vertical sectional view, the section being taken along the line 3-3 of Figs. l and 2.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but illustrating a somewhat modified form of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but illustrating the modified form shown in Fig. 4, the section being taken along the line 5--5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but portions of the supporting bars being broken off, and the same being shown in the extended or clothes-supporting position.

Referring to these drawings in detail, in which similar reference characters correspond with similar parts throughout the several views, the device illustrated in Figs. 1, 2

and 3 comprises a series of superposed shelves or plates 1, 2 and 3, the shelf l constituting thetop or cover plate of a box or casing and the shelf 2 constituting the bottom or door plate of the box or casing. The shelves 3 constitute partition-plates. End walls 4 are united with the shelves or plates l and 2 so asto secure them in fixed position to one another, a rear wall 5 closes the rear side of the casing, Vand a door 6 closes the front of the casing. Corner brackets 7 extend around the corners of the cabinet and are secured thereto by any appropriate means so as to add strength and rigidity to the structure. The end walls 4 are preferably formed with horizontal grooves 8 which are spaced equi-distant from one another, and thc ends of the shelves 3 are fitted in these grooves so that the spaces between the shelves are equal in vertical extent. The door 6 is preferably hinged at 9 and adapted to swing downward and depend from the lower shelf 2 when the box is open for use, and any appropriate form of lock or latch 10 may be provided on the upper shelf l for engaging with the door 6 and holding it closed.

Two series of supporting bars 11 are arranged in alternate relation with the shelves l, 2 and 3; that is, each bar of each series has one endiseated between two adjacent shelves and has its upper and lower surfaces touching the respective lower and upper surfaces of contiguous shelves, and a pivot-rod 12 extends through the relatively thick ends of the bars 11 and through the entire series of shelves so as to pivotally connect these bars to the shelves in such relation that the shelf above each bar coacts with the shelf below and with the pivot-rod for supporting the respective-bars against sagging or being depressed from the horizontal position. For this purpose, the pivot bearing of each bar 11, through which the pivot-rod l2 extends, is located at a distance from the end of the bar sufficient to provide a short arm l1 which bears upward against the superjacent shelf while the long arm 11a bears down on the subjacent shelf. Moreover, it will be seen that the pivot-rod l2 is supported against bending in consequence of its engagement with each of the shelves, which increases the efliciency of each rod 12 as a support for the bars 11. These bars are referably of the same vertical extent or height throughout their length, but are tapered from their inner ends to their outer ends with regard to their horizontal extent or width, and this not only results in the` saving of material inL manufacturing the device, but also provides for overlapping box against a wall Vof a room in which the device i'sto be used-.1 Collars or enlarge ments 14 are fixed to the rods 12,"and nuts 15 c'oact with the elements 12 and lllfor additionally securing the shelves in iXed position relative to one another.

Referring to the modified form shown in? Figs. 4, 5 and 6, it will be seen that the end Lwalls 4: are longer from front to rear than the vpreviously mentioned end walls i, also, that the Vshelves or plates 1, 2 'and 3 are wider than the previously mentioned shelves' 1, 2 vand 3.v ln addition to the supporting gbars 11 and pivot-rods 12 of this modified structure, two-series of supporting arms 16 and their corresponding pivot-rods 17 are provided. These pivotrods 17 may be constructed as previously described for the Ypivot-rods V12, and no further description thereof seems necessary. However, the pivot-rods 17 are located adjacent to the rear edges of the shelves, whereas the pivotrods 12 are located adjacent tothe front edges thereof, or in other words,'the rear pivots are located between the longitudinal center and rear edge, whereas t'hepivot-Y rods 12 are located between the longitudinal center and the front edge.

Moreover, theY pivot-rods 17 are located farther inward.-

iiaeae from the ends 47 `than the pivot-rods 12,7so

Athat when the supporting bars 11 are swung forward into their useful position the sup-` porting bar-s y1,6 may also be swung forward into their useful position without interfer- .ence with or by the bars 11, but are lspaced ya sufficient distance from the bars 11 'to .provide Val considerable air-space between garments which hangV Von the` supporting rods11and16. Y'

. filare-ugh rhav'e asserita/ifhesebeuiien'ts of my invention very speciii'cally,'it is tive ideas as implied and claimed.

vWhat l claim-as my invention ist; y In a foldable. clothes-hanger, the combination of a box including end walls, a coverplate, a. floor-plate, partition-plates extend-- ing from one to theother of the'end walls .and engaged therewith in amanner to secure them against relative vertical Inove- -50 not intended to limit lthis inventionto these exact details of construction, but changes? may be made within the .scope 'of the inve'nment, series of supporting bars arranged i in alternate relation with said plates and having their upper and lower surfaces slidably ltit-ted against the lower and Yupper .sur-pv faces of4 said plates, Vand rods Vextendingi through said platesa-nd bars .andy coactingfV with said endY walls tosec'ure the platesV in lixed relation toone'another an'dto pivotallyesecure said bars to said plates, each of ment.

vo said rods being formed with aloop at its upper end for-'receiving a suspending ele-A In testimony whereof'lhave hereunto `set my hand.

' Y. JoHN HENRY NuLsoN. f 

